innFactory is characterized by a strong founding team. That’s why we want to introduce the founders of innFactory in short interviews.

Name:

Anton Spöck, Co-Founder and CTO

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Business Informatics

When did you first hear about Tobias’s idea to start a company and how did you become a co-founder?

In the summer between the 6th and 7th semester, I spotted the innFactory logo somewhere on Tobi’s Facebook. When we wrote on Facebook again at some point, I brought it up and became a co-founder. You can see the original conversation below.

To the Facebook conversation

What would you do differently in retrospect during the founding phase?

Whenever an idea and a decision wasn’t good, the gut feeling was usually the same. In retrospect, I would react even more to an uneasy gut feeling and discuss these concerns with Maxi and Tobi even sooner.

What was the most difficult moment for you and which was the best since the founding?

Since we founded right after our studies and financed everything from ongoing cash flow, things got financially tight from time to time at the beginning. These situations were quite stressful.

The best moment was when we hired Alexander and Patrick as our first working students. The feeling that other nerds also want to walk this path with us was great. From that point on, we were able to build a real team.

What would have been your Plan B for the future if you hadn’t co-founded? Where would you have liked to work?

I didn’t really have a Plan B. In my practical semester at a large IT consultancy, I realized that I couldn’t fulfill my potential there. I had been playing with the idea of becoming self-employed for a while, so I didn’t have to think for 2 seconds about whether I wanted to found with Tobi.

What surprised you about running a company or what didn’t you expect or underestimate?

How to bring good team spirit into a company and create a work environment where everyone feels comfortable and can develop can’t be tested or tried out in advance. That’s why I’m very happy that we’re such a great bunch and everyone gets along well.

What significance does the Rosenheim location have for you and innFactory?

I was born in Rosenheim and the proximity to my home is very important to me. I just feel comfortable here. Additionally, Rosenheim is an economically strong location that offers skilled workers for the future with the University of Applied Sciences. When we got the opportunity to move into Stellwerk18 and benefit from the network, that was a very good starting position for us. The solidarity among established IT companies in Rosenheim is also very strong thanks to ROSIK; this way we were able to learn from the experiences of former founders.

What was your first programming project?

My first larger programming project was a bot for the browser game “Lords & Knights” that I played during my school days. The game required a lot of “click work” that I initially wanted to automate with smaller scripts. In the end, a fairly intelligent farming algorithm came out that ran day and night on my Synology NAS.

Where do you see the biggest challenges and opportunities for the company in the coming years? Where do you see innFactory in 5 years?

We will do everything to grow as big as possible to build at least a 20-story innFactory tower in Rosenheim. :D

What does your work week currently look like?

We’re currently expanding our space at Stellwerk18, and next week I’ll be taking care of the plants in the new office room. Otherwise, my work days currently consist of React programming and many organizational meetings. In frontend, we’re developing new templates for Flutter and React, where several software architecture questions need to be discussed with the team. Since we hired two new employees in November, I’m coordinating the onboarding and trying to support them as best as possible. The last big item is a release of a customer project that will be prepared and carried out in the next few days.

What is your favorite programming language and why?

Typescript, because it’s currently the best language for web frontends.